Andy Jagoda, MD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University in 1982, and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at the Georgetown/George Washington/MIEMMS joint program in 1987. Dr. Jagoda spent a total of 13 years in the Navy serving in Desert Shield / Desert Storm for which he received a Navy Commendation Medal for “meritorious service.” Dr. Jagoda joined Mount Sinai in 1995 to help build the newly established Academic Department of Emergency Medicine: Over the past 20 years he has been instrumental in helping to make the Department one of the leading programs in the country; the residency is currently ranked #1 in New York by Doximity, and ranked #4 in the country in Emergency Medicine NIH funding.
Dr. Jagoda is nationally recognized for his involvement in Emergency Medicine education and for his work in the area of neurologic emergencies. He has co-edited nine books including Mosby’s Neurologic Emergencies which is in its third edition; and Rosen's textbook of Emergency Medicine which is going into its 9th edition. He has guest edited 4 issues of the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. He is on a number of editorial boards and is the Editor-in-chief of a NLM indexed monthly publication, Emergency Medicine Practice, which has over 100,000 web visits a month. He is the past-Chair of the ACEP Clinical Policies Committee and nationally recognized for the impact he has had on implementing evidence based guideline methodology. Dr. Jagoda is a member of the Executive Committee of the Brain Attack Coalition at the NINDS. He is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Education and Research in Neurologic Emergencies. He is on the advisory boards for the Brain Trauma Foundation, and is team leader for an NFL Neurotrauma Consultants team. He isthe ACEP ambassador to Italy and has been involved in the development of Emergency Medicine in Italy and Holland. He was inducted as a "Master Educator" into the Mount Sinai Institute for Medical Education in 2009; received the 2011 Mount Sinai Alumni Association "Achievement in Medical Education" award; and in 2011 he was presented with the NYACEP “Physician of the Year Award.” Dr. Jagoda currently serves as the President of the Association for Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine.
Regional / National Committees / Advisory Boards:
DoD Executive Steering Committee Concussion Definition Task Force co-chair
CDC Pediatric Head Injury Task Force
EMS Director, Brain Trauma Foundation
Advisory Board, Brain Trauma Foundation
Major League Baseball, TBI Advisory Board
Executive Board, Brain Attack Coalition, NINDS / NIH
Executive Board, Foundation for Education and Research in Neurologic Emergencies
Advisory Board, Indian Head Injury Foundation
NINDS mTBI Common Data Elements task force
ACEP Clinical Policies Seizure SubCommittee
NFL NeuroTrauma Consultant Team Leader
Editor-in-Chief / Editorial Boards:
Editor in Chief, Emergency Medicine Practice
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice Editorial Board
Emergency Medicine Practice Guidelines Editorial Board
EM Critical Care Editorial Board
Annals of Emergency Medicine Editorial Board
ACEP News Editorial Board
Australiasian Journal of Emergency Medicine Editorial Board
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Education
MD, Georgetown Univ. School of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine, Naval Hospital Bethesda (NHB)
Residency, Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital
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2014
2014 NYC Super Doctor
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